Florentines
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These jewelled treats make lovely Christmas gifts for friends and family with a sweet tooth!
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Prep time: 15 mins
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Cooking time: 12 -15 mins
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Makes: 12
Ingredients
- 25g (1oz) butter
- 85g (3oz) caster sugar
- 2 tsp flour
- 3 tbsp double cream
- 150g (5½oz) mixed Fairtrade dried fruit and nuts, such as flaked almonds, cranberries, apricots, raisins, cherries
- 25g (1oz) dark Fairtrade chocolate
- 25g (1oz) milk Fairtrade chocolate
- 25g (1oz) white Fairtrade chocolate
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC, 350ºF, Gas Mark 4.
- Place the butter and sugar into a pan and melt together - allow it to turn golden brown before stirring in flour and double cream.
- Add the dried fruit and nuts and mix together.
- Take a large piece of baking paper and grease lightly with butter. Cut into 12 squares and use to line the bases of a 12 hole muffin or bun tin.
- Spoon the mixture into the holes and spread out with a teaspoon. Bake for 12-15 minutes until mid golden brown.
- Leave for 10-15 minutes to set completely before peeling off the baking paper.
- Melt the chocolates in separate bowls, spread a little chocolate onto the flat side of each Florentine - and just before it hardens, completely run a fork through the chocolate to create a wavy pattern.
By Andrea Mann
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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